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Call for Applications – 2 x Masters scholarships (MPhil in Urban Studies – Southern Urbanism)

The African Centre for Cities (ACC) invites applications for two Masters scholarships as part of the CLAIMS to Energy Citizenship…

Prof Nancy Odendaal takes up critical Urban Studies at ACC

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On 01 August 2024, Professor Nancy Odendaal assumed her role as Professor in Urban Studies at the African Centre for…

Tags: smart urbanism Southern Urbanism Teaching

ACC to chair session at inaugural Africa Urban Forum

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The African Centre for Cities is excited to be part of the inaugural Africa Urban Forum taking in place in…

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State of the City Food System Report: Cape Town

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A new report on the state of the food system in the City of Cape Town highlights the impact of…

Tags: Food Security infrastructure spatial inequality urban food systems

Report: Reflections on the Tanzanian Urbanisation Laboratory, 2017–2020

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In 2017, the African Centre for Cities (ACC) was asked by the New Climate Economy’s Coalition for Urban Transitions, to support National…

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Call for Applications – Postdoctoral Research Fellowship at the African Centre for Cities

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Re-advertisement The African Centre for Cities (ACC) invites applications from suitably qualified applicants to apply for this three-year Postdoctoral Research…

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Reading the streets and Cities of trauma at OBF

Tselane Moiloa,

21 August 2024.Posted in: General, News

African Literary Cities (ALC) project is once again collaborating with Open Book Festival (OBF) for the 2024 edition of the…

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Prof Nancy Odendaal takes up critical Urban Studies at ACC

Tselane Moiloa,

5 August 2024.Posted in: Featured, News

On 01 August 2024, Professor Nancy Odendaal assumed her role as Professor in Urban Studies at the African Centre for…

Tags: smart urbanism Southern Urbanism Teaching

ACC to chair session at inaugural Africa Urban Forum

Tselane Moiloa,

2 August 2024.Posted in: Featured, News

The African Centre for Cities is excited to be part of the inaugural Africa Urban Forum taking in place in…

Tags: africa urban forum African Urbanism sustainable infrastructure

How to write about platformization in Africa

Tselane Moiloa,

9 July 2024.Posted in: General, News

The African Centre for Cities will host 17 scholars for an intimate writing workshop on ‘How to write about platformization…

Tags: digital platforms platformisation Publishing

Unpacking the Socio-Spatial Dynamics in Cape Town

Tselane Moiloa,

7 June 2024.Posted in: Featured, News

Considering the complex spatial and social dynamics at play in Cape Town, how viable is a regenerative built environment project?…

Tags: Cape Town resilient cities spatial integration sustainable infrastructure

Celebrating Africa Month – Tailored support for African City Leaders by AMALI

African Center for Cities,

30 May 2024.Posted in: General, News

Africa Month honours the continent’s dedication to unity, freedom, and progress as well as its rich heritage throughout the month…

Demographic change and urban health: Towards a novel agenda for delivering sustainable and healthy cities for all

Tselane Moiloa,

1 August 2024.Posted in: Papers, Publishing

A recently published article by urban health researchers discusses the importance of linking demographic change and urban health in the…

Tags: demographics healthy cities Urban Health

State of the City Food System Report: Cape Town

Tselane Moiloa,

22 July 2024.Posted in: Featured, Publishing, Reports

A new report on the state of the food system in the City of Cape Town highlights the impact of…

Tags: Food Security infrastructure spatial inequality urban food systems

Report: Reflections on the Tanzanian Urbanisation Laboratory, 2017–2020

Tselane Moiloa,

21 July 2024.Posted in: Featured, Publishing, Reports

In 2017, the African Centre for Cities (ACC) was asked by the New Climate Economy’s Coalition for Urban Transitions, to support National…

Tags: Coalition for Urban Transitions urban policy

Facilitator’s Guide: housing the poor in African cities (Series 01-08)

Belisa Rodrigues,

7 June 2024.Posted in: Books, Publishing

This Facilitator’s Guide prepared by UN-Habitat and Cities Alliance accompanies the Quick Guides for Policy Makers: Housing the Poor in…

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Quick Guide 08 – Local Government: addressing urban challenges in a participatory and integrated way

African Center for Cities,

7 June 2024.Posted in: Books, Publishing

Local government has an important role to play in ensuring that all residents of African cities get access to conveniently…

New Article: Cultivating Food Justice – Redefining Harvest Sales for Sustainable Urban Agriculture in Low-Income Cape Town post Covid-19

Tselane Moiloa,

16 April 2024.Posted in: Papers, Publishing

This article examines UCGs in low- income areas of Cape Town, South Africa, to understand how they might sell their harvests while countering the neoliberal food system in cities of the global South. The researcher draws on qualitative fieldwork, including observations and semi- structured interviews with UCG representatives and civil society actors.

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Events

Info Session _ MPhil Southern Urbanism

Tselane Moiloa,

25 July 2024.Posted in: Events

The MPhil Southern Urbanism is designed to cultivate the next generation of urban thinkers from the South, who are rooted…

Call for applications for UTA-Do 2024

Alma Viviers,

20 July 2023.Posted in: Events, News

Calling all early-career academics, researchers, activists, and artists interested in urban theory in Africa! Apply now to be a part of the third UTA-Do African Cities Workshop in 2024, to be hosted in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (29 Jan to 2 Feb 2024).

Tags: urban research

Call for participation: UTA-Do African Cities Workshop 2023

Alma Viviers,

12 December 2022.Posted in: Events, News

Calling all early-career academics, researchers, activists, and artists interested in urban theory in Africa! Apply now to be a part of the second UTA-DO African Cities Workshop in 2023.

Tags: urban theory

POWER TALKS: a space for conversation about power in the creative and cultural sectors in South Africa

Alma Viviers,

21 July 2022.Posted in: Events, News

A multidisciplinary, multi-site programme in Gqeberha & Bhisho, Durban, Cape Town and Johannesburg, which allows for a disruption of the performativity of critical debate that often skirts dissensus and discomfort in the dissection of power.

Tags: cultural policy culture PowerTalks public culture